Motor vehicle



July 5 1927. 1,634,828

w. R. GORDON MOTOR VEHICLE Filed Oct. 25. 1920 2 Sheets-Sheetl T1 1 I my BY QA T' TORNEYS W. R. GORDON MOTOR VEHICLE Filed Oct 25.

1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. VS/1111a u Patented July 5, 1927.

UNITED "STATES WILLI.A M R. GORDON, F TOLEDO, OHIO.

MOTOR VEHICLE.

Application filed October 25, 1920. Serial No. 419,406.

M invention relates to motor vehicles and has or its object to provide an improved engine cover or hood construction, certain portions of which are made removable to permit the engine to be exposed during warm weather, whereby it may be more effective ly cooled. v

A further object of the invention is to provide a hood or covering for an internal combustion engine having removable side panels with improved means for securing the panels upon the supporting structure for the engine.

A further object of the'invention is to provide an improved hood or covering for the engine of a motor vehicle, one portion of which is permanently fixed with respect to the engine, and other portions thereof being quickly detachable to permit the engine to be more readily cooled.

With these and other objects in view, the invention comprises certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more fully pointed F out and claimed, it being understood that the structure shown and described herein is susceptible of various modifications in its detailed forms of construction, and that I do not wish to be limited to the particular 30 showing embodied in the drawings, except in so far as the same is limited by the claims appended hereunto.

One embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure I is a perspective view of the front end of a motor vehicle with one of the side panels of the improved hood removed to expose the engine,

Figure II is a side elevation of the fron end of the vehicle 'with the running gear removed.

Figure Ill is a transverse sectional elevation. through the hood taken on line III- III of Figure II.

Figure IV is a similar enlarged fragmentary sectional elevation.

Figure V is an enlarged fragmentary side elevation of the upper portion of the hood and radiator, with certain parts broken away to more clearly indicate the manner of connecting the top'portion of the hood with the jradiator casing. and

Figure VI is a detailed sectional view illustrating the manner of connecting the removable side panels of the hood with the upper fixed portion thereof.

Like reference characters refer to similar ports throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the present embodiment of the invention the engine IO is connected in any suitable manner with the side frame channels 11, the front ends of which are carried by the springs 12 on the axle 13, supported by the wheels 14 in the usual manner. A radiator 15 including the'head 16 is also carried by the side frame members, and likewise the cowl 17, all of which may be of any preferred form of construction. The radiator is provided with a rearwardly extending" plate member 18 with which is suitably connected the front end of the'cover or roof portion 19 of thehood, the rear end of which. is connected with an angle iron or flanged plate 20 extending forwardly from and connected with the cowl 17 or other suitable. supporting structure. Projecting upwardly from the side frame member 11 is an outwardly inclined member 21, pref erably in the form of a plate, having at its top edge a laterally extending flange 22, which is preferably turned inwardly anddownwardly as indicated in Figure IV to receive the lower beaded edge; 23 of the removable side panel 24 of the hood, which is provided with suitable ventilating openings as indicated at 25. The. panels 24 may be stiffened and braced by any suitable means, such as the outwardly pressed rib 26 extending entirely around the panel portion 19 is provided with an outstanding head 29 against which the upper edge of the removable panel 24 is adapted to rest as shown in Figure IV. Secured upon the anel 24 is a casing 30 having a spring 31 disposed therein and adapted to be acted upon by a rod 32 having spaced jaws 33' at its upper end, hetween which is pivotally mounted a cam or eccentric 3d carrying an operating handle by which the cam is rotated. ilflounted upon the permanent cover portion 19 of the hood is a bracket 36 having an upstanding curved tongue or projection .37 adapted to extend between the jaws 33 of the rod 32 to receive the cam or eccentric 34, which, when moved to the position shown in Figures H, V and V1, is adapted to cause the rod 32 to compress the spring 31, whereby the beaded portion 23 ot the side panel is clamped upon the, flange '32 of the plate 21. The beaded portion 23 ot the panel is thereby held in interlocking engagement with the plate 21, and since said plate inclined outwardly, the panel will slide dowmvardly thereon when released, and at the same time the upper edge of the panel will he thrown outwardly away from the fixed portion of the hood. The operator may then readily grasp the panel and remove it from the vehicle. with out havingto IQIDOTE or disconnect any portion at the fastening means. other than to move the handle outwardly to l'tsiBtlSG tension on the SDTlliSI 31.

l l hilc l have shown and described in considerable detail a specific emhodilnent at my invention, it is'to be understood that the showing and description is illustrative only and tor the purpose o't rendering invention niore clear, and that l do not we card the invention as iimitee. to the details of constructicm illustratet and tie "ihed, nor any them, except, in so far as l have include i Such limitations within the meaning: of the appended slain l t l t er 1. a motor vehicle, a Substantially ,tical hood panel normally anchored along one edge, means tor releasably securing the opposite edgctliereot comprisingra spring; tending to exert pressure on said. hood panel awa from its anchored edge, cam for putting: said spring: under tension and an inclined plate, secured to the vehicle iuljacent the lower edge of said panel and positioned outwardly thcreot tor deflecting" the lower i-dfl'c at said panel inwardly when said panel is lowered lrom its normal position.

9. lo a motor vehicle, the combination of a frame structure. a hood including: a top member and a removable side panel. a plate' disposed upon the frame structure and adapted to interlock with the lower edges of said panel, said plate having its inner surface adapted to contact with said panel,

masses said inner surt'ace having an inward slope tor inwardly deflecting the lower edge of said panel when the same is lowered, means connecting the upper edge of the panel with said top member including a spring tending to yieldahly raise the panel into eugagement with said plate, and a cam for putt-ing'the spring: undcr tension.

2-3. In a motor vehicle, the combination of a frame structure, a hood including a top member and a removable side panel, said side panel having its upper edge normally in contact with the outer surface of said top member, means disposed upon the frame structure and normally contacting with the outer surface of said panel and interlocking; therewith, said means having its lower portion sloping inwardly and adapted to coutact with the lower edge of said panel when the same is lowered from its normal position, and yieldable means connecting the upper edge of said panel with said top me1nher and tending to raise the panel.

l. In a motor Vehicle, the combination of a lranie structure, a top member, a hood panel having its upper edge adapted to contact with the outer surface of said top member and its lower edge adapted to interlock with a portion of the frame structure, said interlocking portion being outward of said panel, said frame structure having; an inclined portion below said panel for inwardly .and downwardly guiding, the lower edge thereof, and means cooperating; with said top member for raising said panel into interinching engagement with the frame structurer in a motor vehicle, the combination of frame structure including, a radiator and cowl, a m mber connecting the radiator nd the cowl, a plate carried by the frame structure and provided with an inwardly extending hoot: portion, a panel having an outwardly projecting hook portion on its lower edg e adapted to engage under the inwardly projecting portion of said plate. said plate having an inwardly-inclined up standingportion below said hood portion, means connecting the upper edge of the panel withthe member connecting the radiator and cowl tor yieldably: "tensioning said panel, and said plate being arranged to permitdownward movement of said panel past said plate whereby the panel mav be bodily lowered when the connecting means is released.

in testimony whereof, I atlix my signatare.

"WILLIAM R. eonnoN. 

